Hi rj
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Hello,
I'm am not to familiar the function of caches; and have three questions
about it.
1) Where can I find personal educational information about "caches" from a
reputable website? (tried searching MS.com and can't find anything?)
The Cache
http://sweb.uky.edu/~wvang00/sayre/cache.htm
Temporary Internet Files / Cache
http://www.desilva.biz/misc/iecache.html?s=d8d31b07730bc3e8353b5a2246b41f93
Description of the Internet Explorer Cache
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache
Courtesy of Sandi Hardmeier
This may help explain...
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#Cache
2) Where can I find information about my PC's caches
Depends on the version of Windows do you use. But, here is the location of
some:
C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
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For Windows XP the folder is located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER NAME]\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files
The reason I ask is I understand my PC will save caches of visited web sites
and the information stored in caches can be gatherd by worms and hackers or
used for other unknown reasons?
3) How do I delete my PCs caches?
Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Clear out temporary files and delete cookies.
http://www.pchell.com/support/privacy.shtml
Computer Health
http://www.aumha.org/a/health.php#tip6
What is the Index.dat File -
http://www.purgeie.com/indexdat.htm
Index.dat corrupted - How to delete it
Deltree Instructions here:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
Free History Eraser from
http://smartprotector.com/eraser/free-history-eraser.htm will delete the
History folder in Windows 9x,2K, XP.
Or the History folder can be deleted manually:
See: How To Delete the Internet Explorer Temporary Internet Files:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
You might need to delete the damaged History folder- a new one will be
created on restart.
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Recreating the cache, history and cookie folders when corrupted
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#deltree
If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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